Shipping-receptacle.



S. SAHNOFF. SHIPPING RECEPT/me. APPLICATION FILED OCT. f2. 1918. Lg'., Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

SIMON SARNOFF, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIPPINGRECEPTACLE.

Lausana.

AppIicaton led `October 12, 1918.

To all whom t may conce/m Be it known that I, SIMON SAnNorr, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shipping-Receptacle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to special recepta- Cles and packages, and its object is to provide a new and improved shipping receptacle more especially designed for containing hats to be shipped by the manufacturer or jobber to the dealer and without dang-er of crushing or otherwise injuring the hats. Another object is to permit of packing a large number of hats into a box or shipping case of a comparatively small size and without first requiring individual packing of the hats prior to placing the same into the shipping case as now generally practised.

With these and other objects in view Vthe invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then speciically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forining a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the shipping receptacle iilled with hats, the section being on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the spacing partitions; l

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the shipping receptacle with the top cover removed;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the spacing tubes; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the spacing rings or bands placed around each individual hat to protect it when it is nested or packed with the other hats.

The box 10 illustrated in the drawings is provided with top and bottom covers 11 and 12, either of which may be uppermost by correspondingly turning the box around, and the said box 10 is designed to hold four dozen nested hats or similar articles each having a crown 18 and a rim 14. The hats are nested to form pairs of piles of hats, each pile containing one half dozen hats, and the ,piles of a pair are arranged one above the other with the crowns of the hats Ain the lower pile extending upward and the Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 11919.

Serial No. 257,869.

crowns of the upper pile extending downward, as plainly indicated tothe right in Fig. 1. Around each individual hat is placed a spacing ring or band 15 of paper or other suitable material, to protect one hat from another when the hats are nested, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The two piles of hats of a pair of piles are spaced one from the other by a. tube 16, into the lower portion of which extends the crown of the uppermost hat of the lower pile and into the upper por tion of the tube 16 extends the crown ot' the lowermost hat of the upper pile.

The four tubes 16 within the box 10 are held spaced apart by a horizontal partition 17 having four openings 18, the walls of which exteriorly engage the tube 16 at the middle 19 thereof` the said middle 19 being slightly contracted to prevent the partition 17 from accidentally shifting either downward or upward. It is understood that the tubes 16 are made of paper and are consew quently suiiiciently flexible for passing the tubes through the openings 18 to engage the walls thereof with the contracted middle portion of the said tubes.

rIwo spacing partitions 20 and 21 are used. of which the partition 20 has openings 22 for the passage of the crowns 13 of the lowermost hats in the four tiers, and this partition 20 rests on the upper edges of the lowermost spacing rings or bands 15. The upper partition 21 is provided with openings 23 similar to the openings 22 and are engaged by the crowns 13 of the uppermost hats in the four tiers and on the said parti tion rest the uppermost spacing rings or bands 15. lt is understood that the partitions 17, 20 and 21 it snugly against the walls of the box 10 thus holding the tiers of hats properly spaced apart no matter in what position the box may be placed during transportation. It will also be noticed that the three partitions 17, 2O and 21 act as braces to stiiien or reinforce the sides ot the box 10 with which they are in contact.

It will also be noticed that a large number of hats are packed into a box of comparatively small size without danger of the hats being crushed or otherwise injured during transportation.

The shipping receptacle shown and described is very simple and durable in construction and although it is particularly designed for containing hats it is evident that it may be used for shipping other articles but such that have a crown or body provided with a rim or flange and capable of being nested in the manner shown.

It is understood that I do not limit myself to the number of hats or other articles in each pile or the number of pairs of piles in a box l0 as the same may be varied, that is, increased or diminished, without. deviating from my invention.

It is understood that by the use of' the shipping case shown and described it is not necessary to first pack the hats individuallyin hat boxes and then pack the latter with the hats therein into a shipping case as now generally practised. From the foregoing it will be noticed that a considerable saving in material and labor is had over the prior method of shipping hats.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A shipping receptacle adapted to accommodate a plurality of piles of nested articles having rims or flanges such as hats and the like, comprising a box adapted to contain a plurality of' piles of nested articles, the piles being arranged in pairs one above the other and the bodies of the articles in a lower pile of a pair being arranged reversely to the bodies ofl the articles in the corresponding upper pile of a pair, spacing rings interposed between the rims or flanges of the articles in each pile, partitions fitting into the box and having openings for the passage of the crown or body of' the article, the partitions being engaged by corresponding spacing rings, and a tube into the ends of which extend the crowns or bodies of' the adjacent articles in a pile, the ends of' the tube engaging the rims or flanges of' said adjacent articles, the tube being of a height to accommodate in the lower portion the body of the uppermost article in the lower pile and to accommodate in the upper portion the lowermost bod in the upper pile.

2. A s ipping receptacle adapted to accommodate a plurality of piles of nested articles having rims or flanges such as hats and the like, comprising a box adapted to contain' a plurality of piles of nested articles, the piles being arranged in pairs one above the other and the bodies of the articles in a lower pile of a pair being arranged reversely to the bodies of the articles in the corresponding upper pile of a pair, spacing rings interposed between the rims or flanges of the articles in each pile, partitions fitting into the box and having openings for the passage of the crown or body of the article, the partitions being engaged by corresponding spacing rings, a tube into the ends of which extend the crowns or bodies of the adjacent articles in a pile, the ends of the tube engaging the rims or flanges of said adjacent articles, the tube being of a height to accommodate in the lower portion the body of the uppermost article in the lower pile and to accommodate in the upper portion the lowermost body in the upper pile, and a central parti tion fitting into the box and having an opening engaged by the said tube approximately at the middle thereof'.

3. A shipping receptacle adapted to aci commodate a plurality of piles of nested articles having rims or flanges such as hats and the like, comprising a box adapted to contain a plurality of piles of nested articles, the piles being one above the other, spacing rings interposed between the rims' or flanges of the articles in each pile, partitions fitting into the box and having openings for the passage of the crown or body of the article, the partitions being engaged by corresponding spacing rings, a tube into the ends of which extend the crowns or bodies of the adjacent articles in a pile, the ends of the tube engaging the rims or fianges of said adjacent articles, the middle portion of the tube being circumferentially contracted, and a central partition fitting into the box and having an opening, the wall of which tits the said contracted middle portion of the tuibe.

SIMON sannorr.

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